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Minimum Wage, Diversity Top Concerns at Wi10
The high energy that has marked Winter Institute carried over into sessions where booksellers spoke about the challenges ahead, from dealing with minimum wage increase laws to creating a more equal partnership with publishers.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending February 1, 2015
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen's Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 9, 2015
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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DesHotel Named New CFO for ABA
Former PEN American Center director of finance and administration to replace Eleanor Chang next month.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending February 6, 2015
With the addition of 59 new store members to the ABA last year—the most since 2008—this has been a good week for booksellers.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 8, 2016
'A Man Called Ove' by Fredrik Backman, a handselling success, debuts on our Trade Paperback list. Plus Kiera Cass’s self-published novel, written pre-'The Selection,' gets a revamp, and a new Harry Potter coloring book tops the Children’s Picture Book list.
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Q&A with Strand Book Store Children's Buyer Stella Williams
Bookseller Stella Williams tells PW about working at the New York City's famed Strand Book Store, and the plans to grow the store's children's department.
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Little City Books to Open in Hoboken
An unlikely trio—a literary agent, a singer/songwriter, and an investment banker—are bringing the first general independent bookstore in over a decade to this New Jersey city.
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Tracking Amazon: New Harper Lee Tops The Charts
'Go Set a Watchman,' to be released by HarperCollins this July, claimed the #1 spot on Amazon's chart, with 'Mockingbird,' written 50 years prior, jumping from #7,564 to the #2 spot.
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Amazon Unveils First Staffed Location On a College Campus
Purdue University, the second of three colleges in the country to have a co-branded online store with Amazon, now has the first staffed campus location from the e-tailer.
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Minimum Wage Law to Shutter SF Indie
With the law set to its increase its payroll by 39%, 18-year-old Borderlands Books said it will have to close its doors by March 31.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending January 25, 2015
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen's Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 2, 2015
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Canadian Indies Report a Positive 2014
Independent bookstores across Canada reported that sales in 2014 were generally up. Several booksellers also mentioned that the Amazon-Hachette dispute convinced some readers of the importance of shopping locally.
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Changes on Board for NCIBA
Northern California Independent Booksellers Association president Calvin Crosby has resigned his position, now that he has joined McSweeney's as marketing director.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending January 30, 2015
The indie bookstore revival continues with a newly opened store in Plattsburgh, N.Y., and new stores slated for Detroit and Decatur.
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Merritt Bookstore for Sale
The Millbrook, N.Y., bookstore, toy store, and art gallery, which opened on New Year’s Day 1988, is the latest indie to go on the market.
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Diana Gabaldon, Poisoned Pen Launch Writers' Program
The bestselling author has partnered with her local bookstore on a writer-in-residence program in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Avon, Powell’s Team on Romance Program
Next month, the bookstore and publisher will begin testing a pilot romance program in which a bestselling author promoted four titles.
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NE Bookstores Close, Cancel Events Thanks to Blizzard
Even before the snow picked up on Monday, bookstores began to feel the effects. Many canceled events and will be closed today.